Do you remember Gateway Stores? If you do, welcome to the middle-age club. I’m just playing. Still, the Gateway PC brand stirs up memories of our family’s first desktop PC that my dad custom-ordered back in the early nineties. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps the Holstein cow design on the Gateway boxes […]
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Chromebooks are the heart of the Chrome OS experience. At their core, Chromebooks are the purest expression of Google's operating system. Here, you'll find only articles and stories about Chromebooks, their features, and what makes them great.
The new Nreal Air AR glasses could be the coolest 2nd screen for your Chromebook ever
First, I need to preface this entire post with the fact that I’ve been wanting something like these glasses since I was a kid. Long road trips for vacations, flights as a young adult, and all sorts of travel in between have beckoned my inner tech nerd to possess something like what I think the […]
Continue ReadingSteam on Chromebooks is now in Beta
Earlier this year, the long-awaited Borealis project A.K.A. Steam on ChromeOS finally emerged as an Alpha test. The initial debut of the monumental collaboration between Google and Valve was restricted to only a handful of devices. It required users to move to the sometimes unstable Developer channel of ChromeOS. (You also had to have the […]
Continue ReadingWork has begun on new, mysterious AMD SoCs for Chromebooks: ‘Morgana’ and ‘Glinda’
Though this time of year is usually a bit slow when it comes to new Chromebook development, we’re seeing a new SoC from AMD hit the repositories. Generally in Q4, it’s all about new hardware releases and deals on existing Chromebooks, but there are years when this time of year also sees the inclusion of […]
Continue ReadingThe eco-friendly Acer Chromebook Vero is now available at Best Buy
I wouldn’t say that premium, flagship Chromebooks are a dime a dozen but the high-end market has definitely expanded over the past few years. This gives shoppers numerous options outside of the normal scope of just finding a Chromebook with a good screen, solid internals, and a well-built chassis. Nowadays, you can buy a Chromebook […]
Continue ReadingDo this, not that: $30 dollars more gets you a much better version of this gaming Chromebook
Google recently announced the first-ever Chromebooks designed specifically with cloud gamers in mind. Three new devices came along for the ride and now, we have “gaming” Chromebooks from Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo. Hopefully, other OEMs will follow suit but for now, the three options above are excellent devices. We haven’t had a chance to review […]
Continue ReadingLenovo’s IdeaPad 5i Gaming Chromebook is now available for only $399
It has only been three days since Google announced the first-ever “gaming” Chromebooks designed for an optimal cloud gaming experience. These Chromebooks feature high-res, high refresh rate displays, the fastest connectivity available, and game-centric features like RGB keyboards with anti-ghosting capabilities. Featuring 11th and 12th Gen Intel CPUs, this new generation of ChromeOS devices will […]
Continue ReadingYou can already purchase the Acer and ASUS gaming Chromebooks
Chromebook manufacturers aren’t wasting any time to get their newly-announced gaming Chromebooks into the hands of consumers. Unveiled just a few hours ago, the all-new gaming devices from ASUS, Acer, and Lenovo were slated to launch sometime in October. Well, it appears that “sometime” actually meant today. Two of the three gaming Chromebooks are already […]
Continue ReadingChromeOS goes “Prime Time” with the world’s first gaming Chromebooks
It has been a little less than two weeks since we broke the news that Lenovo was on the verge of launching a new “gaming” Chromebook. Now, as the dust settles from the Pixel Launch Event, Google is making headlines again with the official announcement of the world’s first Chromebooks built for cloud gaming. I […]
Continue ReadingSay hello to Lenovo’s “Gaming” Chromebook
Today was a sad day for Google gamers but I promise you, it’s not the end of the world. As a matter of fact, I’m here to share some very exciting news I discovered while on my way into the office this morning. It’s no secret that Google has long been working on bringing more […]
Continue ReadingWait, there’s an 8GB model of the Snapdragon Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3?
Lenovo’s latest ChromeOS tablet is a formidable upgrade from the original Duet Chromebook tablet and it makes a perfect secondary or companion device for lightweight tasks and content consumption. Unfortunately, smaller ChromeOS tablets (excluding the HP x2 11) have generally been limited to 4GB of RAM. While that’s not a deal breaker for most, it […]
Continue ReadingHP launches MediaTek-powered 2-in-1 Chromebook
We’ve been tracking a handful of new MediaTek-powered devices and we have a suspicion that HP could possibly be refreshing the company’s 11-inch Chromebook x2 detachable. While that may still be happening, HP has just announced two new Chromebooks out of the blue, and one of them happens to be an x360 convertible that’s powered […]
Continue ReadingSteam on ChromeOS may soon arrive for lower-powered Chromebooks
Gaming on ChromeOS has come a long way over the past few years. Android apps, Stadia, GeForce Now, Xbox Game Pass, and even Amazon’s Luna service are all readily playable right in the browser on your Chromebook. (Subscriptions often required, of course.) That’s not counting the countless websites out there that offer embedded retro and […]
Continue ReadingGoogle joins the rebellion with Chromebook + Star Wars: Andor campaign
An innovative marketing campaign to promote the use of Chromebooks has been launched in collaboration with Google and the Disney+ Star Wars series “Andor.” The campaign was helmed by B-Reel Stockholm and draws parallels between the heroes of Andor and those who have opted for Chromebook in their quest to preserve the galaxy. The ad […]
Continue ReadingWe beat up a rugged EDU Chromebook and then dropped it off the roof [VIDEO]
Ruggedized Chromebooks are nothing new at this point. We’ve seen these classroom-ready devices in all sorts of shapes, forms and sizes over the years. And we’ve also taken the claims that manufacturers make about them at face value the entire time, too. To be fair, I always assumed the claims about the ability to survive […]
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